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Back to basics: Institutional and behavioral perspectives on the Taal Lake fish cage industry
(Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), 2005)
The practice of fish cage culture existed in Taal Lake in the 1970s but it only flourished in the late 1990s, degrading water quality and increasing fish kill incidences in cage areas. This paper analyzes the Taal Lake ...
Sustaining the resource use and management of Sampaloc Lake, San Pablo City, Philippines: A potable source of water
(Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), 2005)
Water is the most basic and indispensable commodity. In the past, nobody realized the value of water until the wells and rivers started to dry. Of the numerous natural lakes of the Philippines (about 59), all are potential ...
Fisheries in the floodplain lakes of Agusan marsh and its implications for sound management
(Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), 2005)
Yearlong assessment of the artisanal fishery from the three floodplain lakes of Ticgon, Dinagat, and Mihaba in Agusan Marsh, a declared national priority protected area, was done using length-weight frequency analyses. ...
Policy issues on lake management in the Philippines
(Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), 2005)
Transformation of Laguna Lake from a marine arm of Manila Bay to a freshwater system
(Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), 2005)
Evolution of Laguna Lake during the past 6,000 years is established using paleontologic, sedimentologic, and geochemical profiles of a 10.5-meter long sediment core from the western lobe. Marine molluscan and diatom ...
Bathymetry and vertical temperature profile of Lake Mainit
(Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), 2005)
The bottom topography and vertical temperature profile of Lake Mainit was assessed to provide baseline data to understand the dynamic behavior of the lake as an ecosystem. Many limnological phenomena, distribution of biota, ...
A limnological survey of Lake Duminagat, Mt. Malindang Natural Park, Misamis Occidental, Philippines
(Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), 2005)
Lake Duminagat is a crater lake located in Mt. Malindang Natural Park, one of the protected areas in the Philippines. Two communities are adjacent to it - Brgy. Duminagat, of which it is a part, and Brgy. Gandawan. Both ...
Response of phytoplankton to temporal changes in nutrients in Taal Lake, Batangas, Philippines
(Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), 2005)
It is important to note that different adaptations are successful at different times and in different environments, so that different algal species become dominant at different times and locations. Hence, the species ...
Nutrient and bacterial load profile of Lake Mainit, Mindanao, Philippines
(Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), 2005)
Lake Mainit, located in northeastern Mindanao, is the fourth largest lake in the Philippines. Its limnology and water quality parameters, however, are not yet thoroughly understood. This study has been conducted to obtain ...
Five thousand years of environmental history: Paoay Lake, northern Luzon, Philippines
(Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), 2005)
The environmental history of Paoay Lake and its surrounding landscape is being examined through the analysis of pollen, diatoms, charcoal, mineral magnetics, and AMS dating. The project is part of a larger program of ...